Stuck on Windows Vista with Lenovo G550?

Hi, I am experiencing a problem which is making me get really mad at Lenovo Customer Service and Microsoft at the same time. I am using a G550 with 1.8GHz Celeron CPU and 2GB DDR RAM with 250GB HDD and G4500 Graphics

Here my Problem:

I was quite happy when buying my laptop, and couldnt wait to install Windows 7 on it. As I did so, I figured out very soon that there are major issues with Windows 7 on my laptop, and I was not able to run any of my software. Games wouldnt run, the programs would crash and I felt fooled in a way. That was why I then thought of XP, which was a very simple OS, but at least would run all of my software on this Notebook that I had just bought. So I installed XP and I could not find all the drivers I needed, I was not able to run my WIreless LAN-Network and in total XP is a 9 year old piece of software, which has many security issues, and wont be suiting a new Laptop in this price category. I mean I spent some 500 dollars on this notebook, and then I end up running XP on it? No thanks!

So I moved to Vista, which was my last hope, and which would at least run my applications, not crash and updatable. And at least I could really use the ease of this notebook on Vista. But one thing that really makes me crazily mad is, that I happen to have the worst performance with Windows Vista. I run SP2, the start procress needs like 40seconds without logon. Another additional 20 seconds for loading all the autostart programs (which are just CA Anti Virus and the usual system stuff). Do I have to be stuck on Windows Vista forever? I am experiencing so many problems with this operating system, but somehow its just more convenient than old dusty XP and new crashy windows7. Is it really this bad, that after spending hundreds of dollars on a new laptop I have to stick ot vista, in order to stay up to date and use my old programs which windows 7 just wont run?

I think its bit of an Ironie that Microsoft does not solve their incompatibility issues with lenovo laptops, and that Lenovo does not care about the problems their customers experience.

I was very well surprised when I bought this notebook until I realized the problems like:

Disk turning on and off al the time

Incompatibility with Win7

Driver problems on old OS like XP

I think lenovo really ows us a statement, and Microsoft should really tell us what we are going to purchase before we buy it. Money doesnt grow on trees and I am not willing to spend a lot of money on OS and Notebooks that later wont run correctly.

Be sure that your machine BIOS is prepared to boot ... to go in BIOS move via + and - so the result shown like this....1: CD Drive2: USB HDD3: HDD ....delete all partitions...(if XP preinstall will not delete all linux partitions use parted or partitionmagic before install XP)create a minimum 15 GB partition ...install XP

if basic installation done..go in device manager see which driver needed...

you have to install drivers in order....----------------------------------------------------------------Hint : All Driver manual Install:Start Windows XP and logon with administrative privileges.Double-click the driver package to extract it to your hard drive.Click Start, then click Run...Specify "SETUP.EXE" with the full path name where you extractedthe package in step 2, and click OK.Example: C:\DRIVERS\WIN\VIDEO\"this filename"\SETUP.EXE----------------------------------------------------------------Intel ChipsetWireless LAN

Audio

Intel Graphics / or Nvidia depends on your machine

Ethernet LAN

Energymanagement

Touchpad

Bluetooth driver if machine comes withif installed (the BT Envirement)...click on --my bluetooth icon-- that installs devices......... and so on...

if all yellow points are vanished look at that in devicemanager

if all done..... update your system via ms update ...& dont forget install an antivir software...update this too newest virusdefinitions..------Best is to made backup now.... before you install other programs ...so that you can easy recover... without install the whole system again...

& dont forget install an antivir software...update this too newest virusdefinitions..--------Best is to made backup now.... before you install other programs ...so that you can easy recover... without install the whole system again...--------Windows 7 ...more easier to install... delete all partitions...if basic installation done..update your system via ms update ...look in devicemanager... only a few drivers missing..install ...energymanagement ...

& dont forget install an antivir software...update this too newest virusdefinitions..---------Best is to made backup now.... before you install other programs ...so that you can easy recover... without install the whole system again...---------

Next.....

read system requirements for ...your programs.... before you install ...check if there are any updates or a fix

for your system .......Some programs designed for XP will not working on Vista / Windows 7 .... ..

. check if there are updates or a fixif there is no fix ...try to install in compatible mode as admin...

Re: Stuck on Windows Vista with Lenovo G550?

First of all its VERY VERY KIND that you made the effort and tried to help me. Then I would like to say, that I did that allready. I have the latest drivers for vista, an anti virus, I updated the definition databases of the anti virus program, and I am using Vista. But: The harddisk keeps bugging, it spins down and up and up and down all the time. So that is the main reason why I am thinking about going to 7 again. But I fear using 7 because it will crash all my programs, so I dont really see a solution. If I want an operating system free of errors I will have to use Vista, but if I want an up to date one then I will have to use 7 which doesnt run my programs. It cant be worse, coz Vista is a huge error for itself.

Its slow, even with SP2 its working slow, and even if I update everything its still A LOT slower than 7. I would like to ask you, which operating system is the perfect one to suit this G550 from Lenovo? There was no sticker or anything on the notebook like " vista ready" or "vista cabable"

Thanks for your help in advande.

Kalvin: Bist du aus Deutschland? Are you from germany? Wie kann ich dich bewerten? How can I rate you?

Re: Stuck on Windows Vista with Lenovo G550?

thank you for the efforts... Well I thought of installing XP but dont you think its a pitty? running a notebook like this, with 2GB of RAM with XP? Which is the recommended operating system for this Lenovo G550??

Re: Stuck on Windows Vista with Lenovo G550?

Hi my friend, do you happen to have benchmark or something, that will show my exact mashines performance on vista,7 and xp? it would be a great help, I mean I updated vista im running SP2 now, with a energy management, and its working fine, i mean, fast and no harddisk errors anymore, but I am afraid of going back to 7. Do you know this saying "never touch a running system"? it would be very contraproductive if I installed it and then it wouldnt work...

Re: Stuck on Windows Vista with Lenovo G550?

ok, first of all you wont be able to install XP without a cd. Then 2. you will need to change the bios to S-ATA i think in order for XP to boot ur harddisk. I have heard abt these proplems when people where trying to isntall XP instead of 7 on this laptop.